Usually means: Experiment or waste time aimlessly.
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  1. fiddle around: Merriam-Webster
  2. fiddle around: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fiddle around: Wiktionary
  4. fiddle around: Dictionary.com
  5. fiddle around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fiddle around: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fiddle around)

verb:  (intransitive, or transitive with "with") To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).
verb:  (intransitive, or transitive with "with") To tinker (with): to make small adjustments or improvements (to something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

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